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Awards Administration: Tammy Coxen, Warren Buff, Linda Deneroff, Emily January, Rosemary Parks

The members of the 2025 and 2026 World Science Fiction Conventions cast 1,488 valid nominating ballots, including 6 paper ballots, for the 2026 Hugo Awards. The nominators made 23,543 nominations for 4,299 works and individuals across 21 categories.

Voting on the final ballot will open in early May 2026. Only LAcon V WSFS members will be able to vote on the final ballot and choose the winners for the 2026 Awards.

All members of the World Science Fiction Convention are able to vote on the Hugo Awards, including those who have memberships in the virtual portion of the convention. Voting on the final ballot will begin in early May. Information about registration is available at lacon.org/register. In addition to the traditional categories, the 2026 awards include a Best Poem category, as was presented in 2025.

The 2026 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award, and the Astounding Award will be presented on Sunday evening, August 30, 2025 at a formal ceremony at LAcon V.

Questions about the Hugo Awards process should be directed to hugo-help@lacon.org. The Hugo Awards website does not administer the Hugo Awards. Each year’s Awards are administered by that year’s World Science Fiction Convention.

Best Novel

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz)

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK)

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK)

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)

1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.

Best Novella

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)

Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)

The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)

807 ballots cast for 172 nominees. Finalists range 90-241.

Best Novelette

“Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)

“Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220)

“Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells (Reactor, July 10, 2025)

“The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For” by Cameron Reed (Reactor, April 2, 2025)

“The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 67)

“When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 65)

414 ballots cast for 144 nominees. Finalists range 36-64.

Best Short Story

“10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 63)

“In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223)

“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots, May 16, 2025)

“Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld, Issue 226)

“Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)

“Wire Mother” by Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld, Issue 229)

507 ballots cast for 549 nominees. Finalists range 26-60.

Best Series

Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey US; Orbit UK)

October Daye by Seanan McGuire (Tor US; DAW)

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)

The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean)

The Craft Wars by Max Gladstone (Tor; Tordotcom)

White Space by Elizabeth Bear (Saga Press; Gollancz)

687 ballots cast for 185 nominees. Finalists range 52-136.

Best Graphic Story or Comic

Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Hayden Sherman and Mattia de Iulis, coloring by Jordie Bellaire, lettering by Becca Carey (DC Comics)

A Girl and Her Fed, written by KB Spangler, art by Ale Presser (www.agirlandherfed.com)

A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, written by Ursula K. Le Guin, adapted and art by Fred Fordham (Clarion Books; Walker...